Ways to kill a baby
Suction Aspiration:
Used in most abortions during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy. A powerful suction tube is inserted into the womb through the dilated cervix. The developing baby is dismembered and is sucked into a container. These body parts are usually recognizable as arms, legs, head, etc.
Dilation and Curettage (D&C):
The cervix is dilated or stretched to permit insertion of a curette (a loop?shaped steel knife) in order to scrape the wall of the uterus. The abortionist cuts the baby apart and scrapes out the pieces as also the placenta. Bleeding is profuse until the womb is scraped completely empty.
Dilation and Evacuation (D&E):
This method is similar to the D & C and is used up to 18 weeks gestation. Instead of a curette a grasping forceps is inserted into the womb to grasp part of the baby. The developing baby already has calcified bones and the part must therefore be twisted and torn away. This process is repeated until the body is totally dismembered. Sometimes the head is too large to remove and must be crushed in order to remove it. Bleeding is profuse.
Salt Poisoning:
A concentrated salt solution is injected into the amniotic sac. In effect the baby is pickled alive. The baby breathes and swallows the solution, and usually dies 1 to 2 hours, delivering a dead and shrivelled baby. This technique can be used right up to the very end of pregnancy.
Prostaglandin Abortion:
Prostaglandins are hormones that induce labour and may be injected into the amniotic sac so as to bring about premature birth of a child usually too young to survive. Salt or another toxin is often injected first to kill the baby before birth.
Hysterotomy:
Similar to a Caesarean Section, in this method the abdomen and womb are opened surgically, the baby is lifted out and the cord is clamped. The child often struggles quietly before dying.
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